For the Android users looking for good children’s apps, here are some cross-overs from iTunes that we have used and loved…
Story Apps
Story Toys makes wonderful “read along pop-up” storybook apps with built-in games and puzzles.
- Farm 123
- Grimm’s Snow White
- Grimm’s Rapunzel
- Grimm’s Red Riding Hood
- Chuggington Chug Patrol
- Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
- Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel
- Beauty and the Beast
- Grimm’s Puss in Boots
- Haunted House
- Goodnight Mo Bedtime Book
- The Jungle Book
- The Little Mermaid
- Thumbelina
- Strangebeard – Pirate Princess
- Animal Band – Nursery Rhymes
- Holiday Countdown
Apps for Younger Kids
TribePlay‘s Dr Panda Apps are terrific way for young children to learn all about the world around them.
- Dr Panda’s Restaurant
- Dr Panda’s Hospital
- Dr Panda’s Daycare
- Dr Panda’s Veggie Garden
- Dr Panda’s Supermarket
- Dr Panda’s Teach Me
- Dr Panda’s Airport
- Dr Panda’s Handyman
- Dr Panda’s Beauty Salon
- Dr Panda’s Home
- Art Class with Dr Panda
- Dr Panda’s Garage
Educational
Science: Kinetic City – send your kids on a Science Quest to discover the world around them with this interactive science app…
Duolingo: Learn Languages Free – teaches Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and English.
- Splash Math Grade 1 – currently the only grade available but they should have more soon. Read more about it here.
- Digital worksheets for Language Arts, Math, and Science for Grade 3 onwards – read more about it here.
Puzzles Apps
The aim of this game is to deliver the candy to the frog by negotiating the obstacles. It’s one of those lovely puzzle games that is both fun to play and a great way to work that brain.
Get the red block to the exit by moving the other blocks out of the way.
Same theme – get the liquid to the target and navigate a bunch of obstacles along the way.
Sort of like Angry Birds where you fling orange balls from a sling shot, but the aim of this game is to knock all the halos. You get an unlimited number of balls but if you want three stars, you need to limit the number you use.
- Amazing Alex
- Angry Birds
- Bag Piggies – I love this app because it really trains your out-of-the box thinking skills
Brain Trainers
That’s all we have for now but we will be adding more. Don’t forget to book mark this page!